January 06, 2008

'Put Buyers First? What A Concept': Customer Service is the (not so) New New Thing

Relating his amazing customer experience with Amazon.com before Christmas in Put Buyers First? What a Concept, Joseph Nocera (NY Times), relates how a 'lost' Playstation 3 was replaced by Amazon and delivered on time for the holiday.

After founding out (through online tracking) that his package had been delivered to his building and signed for by a neighbor who then left it in the lobby no less, the writer called Amazon who sent a new shipment.

This proves that we now take for granted that customer service will be bad to awful.It also reminds me of how retailers like Nordstrom built their reputation on great service.

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'Put Buyers First? What A Concept': Customer Service is the (not so) New New Thing

Relating his amazing customer experience with Amazon.com before Christmas in Put Buyers First? What a Concept, Joseph Nocera (NY Times), relates how a 'lost' Playstation 3 was replaced by Amazon and delivered on time for the holiday.

After founding out (through online tracking) that his package had been delivered to his building and signed for by a neighbor who then left it in the lobby no less, the writer called Amazon who sent a new shipment.

This proves that we now take for granted that customer service will be bad to awful.It also reminds me of how retailers like Nordstrom built their reputation on great service.